Animal poke



July 18, 1933. J. JENSEN 1,918,647

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ANIMAL POKE Filed Feb. 1, 1933 3 SheetsSheet 3 czens J n flllorney Patented July 18, 1933 mnwwsmt or.- nn -uamoara DAKOTA NIMA 203 a vention resides in the provision of a device of this nature which is inexpensive to manufacture, easy to place on and remove from the animals head, thoroughly reliable in use, inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and 1n the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereafter more fully claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the poke on described and an animals head.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the bottom hook.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the upper hook.

Figure 4 is a front elevation of'the poke on an animals head.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary enlarged view of one of the side members.

Figure 6 is a detail sectional view taken substantially on the line 66 of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a perspective View of one of the side members.

Figure 8 is a side elevation of the poke. Figure 9 is a perspective view of the head bar.

Figure 10 is a detail section through a portion of the bottom hook, and

Figure 11 is a perspective view of the ChlIl bar.

Referring to the drawings in detail it will be seen that the letter A denotes generally a bottom hook including a straight shank 5 with a curvedend 6 which curves upwardly and forwardly. On the other end of the shank 5 is formed across rod 7. The ends of Application filed February 1, $33. .Serial No. 654,716.

the cross rod 7 are journalled in side members 8 which project across the sides of the mouth of the animal. Letter B denotes generally the upper hook which comprises an elongated straight shank9 terminating at one end in a forwardly and downwardly .curved hook 10. the other end there is formed a cross rod'11. the ends of which are journailed in the side bars 8. Straps 12. are engagedwith eyes 14 on intermediate portions of the sidebars 8 and also engage with rings 15. A strap bar 16 has one end bifurcated and curved to form sleeves 17 rockable about the rod 7 one to each side of the shank 5. The other end is curved to form an elongated boot 18 through which extends the strap 19 the ends of which are secured to the rings 15. An adjustable strap 20 extends over the head of the animal, back of the ears thereof,

and is engaged with the rings 15. A top bar 22 has straps 23 engaged with the ends thereof and also engaged with the rings 15 and the center of this bar 22 is provided with a baacket 24 through which the shank 9 exten s.

As will be seen from Figures 1 and 4, the

frame, composed of the side bars 8 and the rods 7 and 11', is placed over the lower part of the animals head, with the parts 22 and 23 extending over the upper part of the head above the eyes and a strap 20 passing over the top part of the head and back of the ears, with the strap 19 extending under the rear part of the head and alongside the side parts thereof. Thus the device is held in the position shown in Figures 1 and 4 on the animals head, with the member A depending from the lower part of the head and the member B extending upwardly along the front of the head with its hook part 10 located an appreciable distance above the head. Thus these hook parts A and B will prevent the animal from poking its head between or over or under the wires of a fence.

It is thought that the construction, utility and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent without a more detailed description thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Havlng thus descrlbed my Invention, what I claim as new is: a

1. A poke structure of the class described including, in combinatioiualower hook member formed with a straight shank having its lower end curved to provide a hook, a cross rod formed on the upper-end ofthe shank, a pair of side bars in adjacent ends of whichthe ends of the rod are journalled, an upper hook member comprising a straight shank having a cross rod atone end with its ends journalled in the other ends of, the a side bars, said shank of the upper member terminating in a hook, and means for mounting the side bars on the head of an animal.

2. A poke structure of the class described including, in combination, a lower hook member formed with a straight shank having its lower end curved to provide a hook, a cross rod formed on the upper end of the shank, a pair of side bars in adjacent ends of which the ends of the rod are journalled, an upper hook member comprising a straight shank having-a cross rod at one end with its ends journalled in the other end of the side bars,

said shank of the upper member terminatlng in va hook, a chin bar rockably engaged with the rod of the lower member, a strap engagedwithithe chin bar, a pair of rings, the ends of the strap being engaged in the rings, side straps extending from intermediate portions of the sidebarsgto the rings, a topbar with a bracket for receiving the shank of the upper member and having straps connecting it with the rings, and a head strap engaged with the rings.

JENS JENSEN. 

